A RESPECTED astronomer sensationally suggested NASA has been covering up the existence of a second sun in our solar system and the fabled Nibiru planet, during a live broadcast.

Conspiracy theory websites have gone into overload following comments made by seasoned astronomer Paul Cox during a live broadcast of Mercury transiting the sun.

Mr Cox, a presenter for the respected online Slooh Telescope channel, which broadcasts live shows to coincide with significant astronomical events, made the comments as Mercury was filmed as a tiny dot passing over the surface of our sun.

Nibiru, or Planet X, is an alleged huge planet with a vast orbit, that conspiracy theorists claim will one day pass so close to Earth that its gravitational pull could break havoc on our planet, triggering earthquakes and other catastrophic events.

Believers of the conspiracy claimed they were right earlier this year after NASA announced there was a new planet, nine times the size of Earth, lurking at the edge of our solar system.

Now, Mr Cox’s remarks have added to the belief it is real.

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Strange: Paul Cox questioning the existence of Nibiru on the Slooh channel.

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CGI image of the fabled planet Nibiru, destroying Earth.

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Speaking about the view from the telescope, which showed the Sun and Mercury to the left, and part of another large glowing shape to the right, which some viewers thought was just the sun being reflected, he said: “You can see there, the sun is on the left.

“You can see the small black dot…that is Mercury.

“Now you may be asking yourself what is that large round thing to the right of our sun.

“That’s our second sun. I don’t know if you knew that we had a second sun but there it is.

“It’s normally hidden from view. NASA and other organisations, they usually hide that stuff away from us, but there it is. It is true.

A subtitle also appeared saying “second sun?” Another added “NASA cover up?”

Later, speaking about another frame which showed just a glow to the right of the sun, he added: “Oh wow, can you see that mysterious glow on the right hand side?

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That’s our second sun. I don’t know if you knew that we had a second sun but there it is. It’s normally hidden from view. NASA and other organisations, they usually hide that stuff away from us.

Astronomer Paul Cox

“Do you think it is the mysterious planet Nibiru, maybe appearing in these live shots.

“We don’t cover up stuff like NASA does.”

Some viewers suggested Mr Cox and the channel were just joking with them, but others saw him as having a “David Icke moment”, like when the former BBC1 Grandstand presenter came out as “The son of Godhead” on chatshow Wogan in 1991.

Regardless of how he made the remarks, it has prompted a flurry of conspiracy theory YouTube videos suggesting Nibiru is about to make its pass.

One video was made by blogger Jacob Israel, who claims not to be a conspiracy theorist, but is investigating the existence of Nibiru after “having dreams about it”

Mr Israel said: “Was he slipping that in, when he says NASA covers stuff up is that whats going on?

“Coming from somebody who is credible in the field and professional when you say stuff like that, it is meant to be taken seriously, it’s not a joke.”

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He suggested they may just have been joking, but doubted they would be able to retract it.

He said: “If they were making fun of people who believe there is life outside this planet and there is more to these myths…I find it interesting that these astronomers would say this.

“I just find it crazy that within the last month or so they found a dwarf star and with planets very similar to ours that rotate around it and we are possible in a binary sysrtem and all this crazy stuff that I dreamed about may be real.

“And, of course, the people that believe there may be a possible planet, a dwarf star that may be heading towards us that may affect climate change and make things a lot harder for us, which would explain Jade Helm and underground bunkers.

“I know I sound a lot like a conspiracy guy, but there was a reason I was brought into this..when you have a professional, someone who is respected in the field, say such a thing, what is it they are not telling us and why won’t they be frank.”